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Residents and visitors to Encampment were treated to a talk about an important figure in the American West, Kit Carson, Thursday at The Encampment Opera House. The talk wrapped up a series of three talks held as part of the Grand Encampment Museum’s (GEM) speaker series, and was delivered by Valley resident and historian John Farr. The event was held as a fundraiser for GEM. About 50 people were in attendance at the event, and the Plexiglas box for optional donations was well stuffed with bills. Farr spoke for about an h... Full story
The Saratoga Sun caught pictures of the solar eclipse Monday with special camera filters.... Full story
Some Saratoga residents and visitors took in the total solar eclipse Monday at viewing parties held at local homes.... Full story
John Russo had 10 professional gun trainers out at the Spur Outfitters pistol range Sunday to teach the Advanced Defensive Pistol course. Fourteen students with skill levels ranging from never having fired a gun to fairly proficient attended the course in the proper defensive use of a semi-automatic pistol. The 3-hour course began at 1 p.m. with a classroom-style general overview that went from parts and controls of a pistol to proper aiming, stance and trigger pull. After... Full story
The Steinley Cup, billed as one of the premiere microbrew festivals in Wyoming, was held Saturday in Saratoga.... Full story
Residents and visitors to the town of Riverside were treated to a night out with neighbors and friends at the town's Riverside Party Day. The event, held in Riverside town park, was sponsored by the town of Riverside and the Carbon County Visitors Council. It was catered by the Bear Trap Café and Bar, and music was courtesy of the High Plains Tradition Bluegrass Band from Colorado. Just after the party started at 4 p.m., there were about 50 people attending. By about 6 p.m., t... Full story
History buffs and adventurers are invited to explore the southern route of the Cherokee Trail across the historic Big Creek Ranch Saturday, Aug. 26, during this summer’s final trek sponsored by the Saratoga Historical & Cultural Association (SH&CA). Interested persons are asked to meet at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Saratoga Museum, 104 E. Constitution Ave., across from Saratoga airport. The motorcade will leave at 9 a.m. for the ranch located 18 miles southeast of Encampment. Guest speakers Chilly Rollison, American Indian s... Full story
A horsemanship clinic to be held Friday-Saturday in Encampment will offer Valley equestrians the chance to learn more about what their horse’s body language is telling them, and what riders’ body language tells the horse. The clinic, sponsored by Jean Burger of Encampment, brings renowned horseman Chris Irwin to the Valley to work with local riders to teach them how to build a better relationship with their animals and get more from them. “Whether you ride Western or English, or whether your horse is Arabian, Tennessee Walke... Full story
The Saratoga Museum held its fifth annual C.J. Box Trivia Night Fundraiser Saturday at the Platte Valley Community Center. The fundraiser brought in money for the museum and brought to town famous Wyoming author, and former Saratoga Sun reporter, C.J. Box. About 30 attendees at the event had the chance to meet Box, sample food from Saratoga's newest restaurant, Firewater Public House, and had the opportunity to support the Museum. Box, who worked at the Saratoga Sun in 1981, i... Full story
The official State of Wyoming Microbrew Competition will be held Aug. 19 in Saratoga. Microbreweries from across Wyoming are slated to compete for the coveted Steinley Cup at the 22nd annual competition. This year's competition brew is 'American Amber Lager' and will be judged by a panel of brewing professionals from Colorado. The event starts at 1 p.m. and goes until 5 p.m. at Veterans Island Park. Among the breweries invited to this year's event are the defending Steinley... Full story
A documentary film crew made a stop in Saratoga Friday in pursuit of cowboy poet and Saratoga cowboy Daron Little. According to producer of the film, Mike Day of Intrepid Cinema, the crew has been keeping up with Little for just about a year, with filming having started in November 2016. The crew followed Little into Saratoga last year, and this time the three-person film crew wound up following the local cowboy poet into Valley Foods. The documentary explores cowboy poetry, Day said. The crew and Little were on their way to... Full story
The vibe was frenetic but friendly and I could hear music spilling from the Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow as I pulled up to a full parking lot Saturday afternoon. I noticed tents dotting the area with more being erected as I found a spot to park behind the historic and stately hotel. I had come to see the ninth annual Battle of Old Wyoming (BOW) as the boisterous and free alternative music festival is known. The co-owner of the Virginan, Vickie Scott, was very nice as she... Full story
The Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) hosted another of its speaker series events at the Grand Encampment Opera House Thursday. Valley residents and visitors attending the talk learned about the trial of Tom Horn with speaker John Davis, an attorney and historical author from Worland. Davis’ most recent book, published in March by the University of Oklahoma press, is about the famous trial. Horn was a scout who also worked as a soldier, cowboy, Pinkerton detective and gunslinger for hire. In 1902, Horn was convicted in the m...
Nineteen people gathered at the Saratoga Museum Saturday morning to take a trek out to Emigrant’s Crossing. Local historian and Valley chronicler, Dick Perue, gave a short overview of the trip to come and handed out flyers detailing events that occurred and people having had interactions in the area. Shortly after having corralled a passenger to open gates, Perue led the nine car wagon train the approximately nine miles north of Saratoga to a gate where the group proceeded to head west. Two stops were made along the way. T... Full story
The Platte Valley Arts Council will be holding the first annual Toy Tractor Display Show and Competition as part of Encampment’s Copper Days Festival. The show will be held in the livery stable of the Grand Encampment Museum from 2 -5 p.m., September 9. There is no cost to see the toy displays or to enter the competition. Winners will be announced during the Community Dance at 6 p.m. The purpose of this event is not only to provide friendly competition, but also to provide toy collectors and enthusiasts the ability to c... Full story
Broadway and film veteran Duffy Hudson brings his talent and fascination for Edgar Allan Poe to life in a unique one-man play at 7 p.m Thursday evening. in the Saratoga Branch Library at 503 West Elm Ave. Friends of the Saratoga Library presents Duffy’s rendition of “In The Shadow of the Raven,” which begins as Edgar Allan Poe rises from the scene of his mysterious death and continues as he pieces together the events of his life. Using a combination of biographical information and the dramatic interpretation of Poe’s literat... Full story
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King Coal days started Friday with a community barbecue, baseball games and Texas Hold-em poker games and wrapped up Sunday with Mud Drags. There was a lot in between. Saturday began with a 6 a.m. 5k color dash walk/run. There were two fundraiser pancake breakfasts for the sports teams of Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School, a parade featuring floats and candy being thrown to the kids, volleyball and basketball tournaments, eating contests, T-Bones seventh annual... Full story
The Grand Encampment Museum is sponsoring three free presentations. The first, on the Trial of Tom Horn, will be presented by John W. Davis on Thursday, July 27. The second presentation, on August 10, focuses on John Wesley Powell and the third is about Kit Carson on August 24. All three presentations will be held at the Grand Encampment Opera House at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. “The Trial of Tom Horn,” presentation by John W. Davis explores the most sensational trial in Wyoming his... Full story
"Friends of the Saratoga Library" enrichment program resumes this Thursday, July 13, at 7 p.m. in the Saratoga Public Library, when Saratoga Middle/High School graduate and author, Sarah Reichert, holds a book signing and discussion of her latest novel "Fighting Destiny". Sarah, daughter of Bill and Chris Wickstrom of Saratoga, will read excerpts from her recent work and answer questions about the story, characters and writing process. Refreshments will be served and all of... Full story
Saratoga's own noted cowboy poet, humorist, storyteller, BS-er and master of ceremonies Chuck Larsen returns after a couple of years absence to emcee as well as star in this year's Saturday night show during the 15th annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering (GECC) Friday through Sunday in Encampment. Larsen was the featured poet and emcee for 13 of the 15 years of the weekend event sponsored by the GECG-Outfit. At 7 p.m. he will be joined on stage at the Encampment gym by... Full story
"Fashion, fur, fine art," said Laura Morrow when asked to describe her store Laura M Gallery on 102 West Bridge Avenue. The business celebrated 20 years of being open although the location has changed several times in Saratoga. Born in Crawford, Nebraska, she was raised mostly in Cheyenne, although she did spend two years of elementary school in Medicine Bow. Later, she would return there to do a fashion show in the 1980s at the Virginian. That show helped launch her design... Full story
William Lee Golden, Duane Allen, Richard Sterben and Joe Bosnall-known as the Oak Ridge Boys-came to the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) to benefit local charities on Saturday. The Oak Ridge Boys have a history that stretches back to the late 40s when the band was known as the Georgia Clodhoppers, according to Sterben. The band played so often near the nuclear research facility at Oak Ridge the band's name was changed to the Oak Ridge Quartet. In 1961, that name changed... Full story